Tours and Safaris to Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

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Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha Travel Tips

What to expect on a trip to Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

Undoubtedly the main attraction of Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha is their abundant birdlife, particularly greater and lesser flamingos and other water birds. But the area is also home to a wide variety of wildlife, including healthy populations of white and black rhino.

Lake Naivasha is some 99 km to the north-west of Nairobi, and Lake Nakuru a little further away at 173 km, but both are fresh water lakes and lie within the Great Rift Valley. Lake Nakuru is one of the soda lakes and is about 1740 m above sea level. It has an abundance of algae which attracts an extraordinary amount of flamingos to its shores. There is a variety of birdlife in abundance as well as other wildlife such as black and white rhino, warthog, baboon, buffalo and other large plains animals. Altogether, there are said to be 56 different species of mammals and almost 450 species of birds, making this safari destination a birder's paradise.

Lake Naivasha is also a freshwater lake, also with bountiful birdlife (over 400 species recorded) and an abundant population of hippe. It's also become well-known for its fishing - although the accidental introduction of common carp in the early 2000s has resulted in these fish making up around 90% of fish populations today.

As they are so close to Nairobi, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha are interesting stopovers en-route to and from other safari destinations, like Aberdare National Park.